This is the first time I saw John McCain. 

Live on national TV.  It was a big deal.

58,000 American boys killed. Thousands and thousands more wounded.

On this day in 325,

Council of Nicea Adopts Creed Defining Nature of God and Trinity

Arius Excommunicated for Asserting the Son of God was Created by the Father

Maher & Brennan: We’re in 3rd Worst Crisis in History of U.S.

Only Revolutionary and Civil Wars Worse

On this day in 1814,

Tornado Saves Washington, D.C. From Total Destruction By The British

Influential black farmers group backs Trump’s 'excellent' Supreme Court pick

On this day in 1814,

British Torch White House & Capitol in Response to U.S. Attack on Canada

The White House Burns Down

The Capitol after burned by British

Swedish State TV: 58 Percent of Those Convicted of Rape Foreign Born

Target CEO: "This is the best consumer environment 'I've seen in my career"

On this day in 1784,

Free State of Franklin Secedes and Declares Independence from U.S.

Former FEC Chairman tells Mark Levin why Stormy Daniels hush money CANNOT be an in kind campaign contribution

UK Foreign Secretary Says Trump Not Crazy About International Order & Right About Tariffs

Democrat Mark Penn: Paying for nondisclosure agreements for perfectly legal activities is not a crime and is not a campaign contribution — and squeezing guilty pleas out of vulnerable witnesses does not change those facts.

Dershowitz: Every campaign violates campaign finance law

On this day in 1862, in the middle of the Civil War,

Abraham Lincoln, The Great Emancipator, Writes Horace Greeley Saying His Priority is Saving the Union, Not Abolishing Slavery

As to the policy I "seem to be pursuing" as you say, I have not meant to leave any one in doubt. 

I would save the Union. I would save it the shortest way under the Constitution. The sooner the national authority can be restored; the nearer the Union will be "the Union as it was." If there be those who would not save the Union, unless they could at the same time save slavery, I do not agree with them. If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time destroy slavery, I do not agree with them. My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that. What I do about slavery, and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union. I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause, and I shall do more whenever I shall believe doing more will help the cause. I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors; and I shall adopt new views so fast as they shall appear to be true views.

Victor Davis Hanson.

The ‘unpresidential’ outsider disrupted America’s transformation into a ‘lead from behind’ nation.

Pat Buchanan, the man who presaged Trumpism:

Only an Elitist Swamp Creature Would Think They Can Call The President a Traitor and Retain Their Security Clearance

Jeff Sessions Deports Last Known Nazi War Crimes Suspect

“The United States will never be a safe haven for those who have participated in atrocities, war crimes, and human rights abuses,” U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said in a statement. “Palij lied about his Nazi past to immigrate to this country and then fraudulently become an American citizen. He had no right to citizenship or to even be in this country."

On this day in 1959,

HAWAII BECOMES 50TH STATE

On this day in 1831, the largest slave revolt in U.S. history:

THE NAT TURNER REBELLION

Victor Davis Hanson,

Scarier than former CIA chief John Brennan losing his security clearance is the idea that he ever had one in the first place.

50 years ago, The Rolling Stones most frequently played concert song:

JUMPIN' JACK FLASH

                                                       1968 Official Concert Video

                                                 2006 Copacabana Beach Concert

I was born in a cross-fire hurricane

And I howled at the morning driving rain

But it's all right now, in fact, it's a gas

But it's all right. I'm Jumpin' Jack Flash

It's a gas, gas, gas

I was raised by a toothless, bearded hag,

I was schooled with a strap right across my back

But it's all right now, in fact, it's a gas

But it's all right, I'm Jumpin' Jack Flash

It's a gas, gas, gas

I was drowned, I was washed up and left for dead

I fell down to my feet and I saw they bled , yeah yeah

I frowned at the crumbs of a crust of bread

Yeah, yeah, yeah

I was crowned with a spike right through my head

But it's all right now, in fact, it's a gas

But it's all right, I'm Jumpin' Jack Flash

It's a gas, gas, gas

Jumping Jack Flash, its a gas

Jumping Jack Flash, its a gas

Jumping Jack Flash, its a gas

Jumping Jack Flash, its a gas

Jumping Jack Flash, its a gas

Jumping Jack Flash, its a gas

Former U.S. Atty Andrew McCarthy:

Robert Mueller Shouldn’t Even Ask Trump for an Interview, Particularly Given Extensive Interviews of McGahn 

South Africa begins seizing white-owned farms

Althouse.

Lifelong NYT Reader Gets Tired of Its Repeated, Attempted Manipulations

On this day in 1968,

Soviet Union Invades Czechoslovakia with 650,000 Soldiers to Crush Prague Spring

Former U.S. Atty Andrew McCarthy,

The president’s critics are trying to build an obstruction case based on reading Trump’s mind re actions he did not take.

The president should not meet with Mueller.

Don't tell the Democrats,

Bolton: In Addition to Russia, Sufficient Concern China, Iran, North Korea Are Meddling in 2018 Election

Oh.

Twitter CEO Dorsey Praised Article Calling For New ‘Civil War’ in Which Republicans Are Destroyed

From the paper founded by Alexander Hamilton,

Trump is asserting America’s power through economic rather than military warfare